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Lacan defines a subject as anyone who has access to language. | Lacan defines a subject as anyone who has access to language. | ||
== Important Definitions == | == Important Definitions == | ||
There are 3 parts of the psyche | There are 3 parts of the psyche | ||
==== 1) Id ==== | ==== 1) Id ==== | ||
* disorganized part, contains basic desires, primitive- hunger | * disorganized part, contains basic desires, primitive- hunger | ||
==== 2) Ego ==== | ==== 2) Ego ==== | ||
* acts according to reality | * acts according to reality | ||
* Attempts to please id in realistic ways | * Attempts to please id in realistic ways | ||
* Lets go hunt and kill animal | * Lets go hunt and kill animal | ||
==== 3) Superego: layer of complexity ==== | |||
* Internalization of cultural rules, social stigmas, relations, etc | * Internalization of cultural rules, social stigmas, relations, etc | ||
* Dictates how we act | * Dictates how we act | ||
* No, I live in a city, go to grocery store instead of slaughtering a pig | * No, I live in a city, go to grocery store instead of slaughtering a pig | ||
=== There are also 3 levels or layers of the world. === | === There are also 3 levels or layers of the world. === | ||
==== 1] Real ==== | ==== 1] Real ==== | ||
* ontological truth | * ontological truth | ||
* If humans didn't exist, the real would exist | * If humans didn't exist, the real would exist | ||
* Earth is round, sky is blue | * Earth is round, sky is blue | ||
==== 2] Imaginary ==== | ==== 2] Imaginary ==== | ||
* Layer of images, fantasy that we put on the real | * Layer of images, fantasy that we put on the real | ||
* What I think of when I think tree is the imaginary | * What I think of when I think tree is the imaginary | ||
==== 3] Symbolic ==== | ==== 3] Symbolic ==== | ||
* Connecting real and imaginary to linguistics, signs, signifiers | * Connecting real and imaginary to linguistics, signs, signifiers | ||
* More complex | * More complex | ||
==== Desire ==== | ==== Desire ==== | ||
* Wanting something, [contingent] object of desire can be achieved-- | * Wanting something, [contingent] object of desire can be achieved-- | ||
* Desire to eat | * Desire to eat | ||
==== Drive ==== | ==== Drive ==== | ||
* Needs that cant be satisfied, never achievable | * Needs that cant be satisfied, never achievable | ||
== Thesis == | == Thesis == | ||
We can start with Lacan's Linguistic Development Theory. Lacan observed a bunch of children and concluded that there were a few key stages in early human development. | We can start with Lacan's Linguistic Development Theory. Lacan observed a bunch of children and concluded that there were a few key stages in early human development. | ||